Safari Books Download

Download the books into mhtml files. Safaribooks subscription Required. Works only on learning.oreilly.com domain.

Safari Books Download: Chrome Extension for MHTML Book Downloads

"Safari Books Download" is a Chrome extension that enables users with a Safaribooks subscription to download their desired books into MHTML files. The extension requires users to log in to their respective Safaribooks account before use and only functions within the https://learning.oreilly.com domain. The downloaded MHTML files can conveniently be opened using a Chrome browser.

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Extension stats

By: chenditc

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.44

(121)

Version: 1.5.1 (Last updated: 2018-12-28)

Creation date: 2018-12-27

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
pageCapture
downloads
*://*.oreilly.com/*

Size: 197.63K

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 7,905 ▲ 46

Other rankings

#7436 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 11

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Download the books into mhtml files, you can open the mhtml file using chrome browser. You need to login to your safaribooksonline account before using this extension. Works only on https://learning.oreilly.com domain.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works well for offline access to books.
Useful for hurried situations where getting a book is urgent.
Saves time for users.

Cons

Many files are downloaded as MHTML or HTML, which are not usable for some users.
Frequently does not capture page content correctly, often resulting in useless downloads.
Extension is still in development (WIP) and not fully functional.

Most mentioned

Files saved often have the same content or unusable formats.
Users wish for a PDF or EPUB saving option instead of MHTML.
Recognition of the limitation that it only supports specific domains.

User reviews

this is disgusting

EMIN BOSS1234, 2024-10-26

Ivo Almeida, 2024-06-13

The plugins is working, but because of the header tag is cover the page so when it is captured Page as MHTML it only capture the header tag instead of the content of the page, need to fix the extension code with removing element after chrome.tabs.create function